Bachelor: Austin Kinney
Charity: Weatherford/Parker County Animal Shelter Capital Improvement Fund
Chef: Brian Krier of Baker’s Ribs
Originally from Washington State, Austin moved to Parker County
when he was only six years old with his parents. They came to
Texas to establish their own business. He has lived in Weatherford
ever since.
Austin works for American Barns on weekdays, and Antebellum
Ale House on the weekends; both are owned by Austin’s family.
For American Barns, who create custom wood-framed horse
barns, he works as head foreman. He is in charge of running
all the job sites, and making sure everything runs smoothly. At
Antebellum’s, he manages and tends bar.
Austin is very excited to raise money for the animal shelter
because he grew up around animals, and they are a huge part
of his life. He participated in FFA when he was younger, and his
family has a farm with multiple animals, so raising animals is
something he’s always loved to do. “Anything I can do in my life
to better the lives of animals is something I want to be involved
in,” he said.
In the future, Austin hopes to open a ranch to act as a preserve
to endangered animals. He hopes to help animals from going extinct. “Raising animals is where my heart is at,” he said.
“That’s why I’m doing this.” Besides helping animals, he enjoys traveling and spending time with his family, who are
the most important things in his life.
Bachelor: Mark Sneed
Charity: CASA
Chef: Ruth Hooker of Hooker’s Grill
Weatherford High School alumnus Mark Sneed is a real estate
agent for Century 21 Lynch & Associates in Willow Park who
has a fervor for coaching kids — that clearly came from his dad,
former WHS head football coach Mike Sneed. Mark attended
Weatherford College and at age 21 started coaching high school
football and baseball at a private school in Houston.
Remembering how time-consuming coaching was for his dad,
and after being a coach and living the busy schedule, Mark real-
ized that coaching wasn’t something he wanted to do his whole
life. He moved back and ended up in the real estate world, after
some words of wisdom he received at the age of 13 resonated in
his brain.
“I was told that as soon as I graduated high school I needed
to get my [real estate] license, because I just love people. When
you are told that as a 13-year-old kid, you take it to heart,” he
said.
He still coaches summer league, including the Lipan High
School varsity baseball team, to keep him connected to sports.
He’s passionate about CASA because of the kids. He said he would have loved to have worked with any of the other
foundations, but having the chance to work with kids and helping them out is a great thing. In his spare time he loves
playing golf and sports, especially football. Most of all, he loves being with his family and friends.
In the future, he plans to become a broker, to stay in Parker County and continue his real estate career.
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